Tottenham braced for Ryan Mason approach as Ange Postecoglou update given

Tottenham first-team coach Ryan Mason has emerged as a target for West Brom as they look to permanently replace Tony Mowbray.

The Championship side have been on the hunt for a new manager since Mowbray was dismissed on April 21 and it’s said the club now want to hold talks with Mason over the role. Mason is West Brom’s No.1 target, according to The Telegraph, and an official approach to Tottenham is expected in the next 48 hours.

Highly rated coach Mason held talks with Belgian club Anderlecht in October before a mutual decision was made to remain at Spurs, which enabled the 33-year-old to play his part in the club’s Europa League success last week. The Lilywhites’ rollercoaster 2024-25 campaign only ended on Sunday and it’s understood the majority of the coaching staff, including Ange Postecoglou, have now gone off on their holidays.

After two previous caretaker stints across a seven-year coaching spell at Tottenham, Mason has long been tipped for a future in management and could land his first role at West Brom. The Baggies finished ninth in the Championship but dismissed Mowbray after their play-off hopes ended in April.

Mowbray had only been hired in January to replace Carlos Corberan, who left to take over at Valencia in December. After Mason progressed through Spurs’ academy, he played once for England during a decade-long playing career before he was forced to retire at the age of 26 in 2018 after he sustained a fractured skull in a Premier League match for Hull away to Chelsea.

Uncertainly remains over the future of Tottenham boss Postecoglou and yet a coaching restructure at the Premier League team could occur regardless of if the Australian is kept on by chairman Daniel Levy. football.london understands a decision over Postecoglou’s future is unlikely to be made this week.

It is believed that any decision to be made by Levy about the Australian is unlikely to occur this week with most staff, including Postecoglou, heading straight off on their post-season holidays after the final game of the season against Brighton. No meetings are understood to have taken place before that happened.

football.london understands that there remains a chance the 59-year-old could stay in place as head coach after ending Spurs’ long trophy drought, which has brought a huge surge of gratitude from the fanbase behind Postecoglou and a feeling among many of them that he has earned the right to carry on into next season.